Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 They really dragged just watching telly , and everyone wanted to watch the soap operas and sit coms .
2 And everyone has to have an answer , do n't they ?
3 ‘ Everything in my life , every little manhole , has been opened up and everyone has had a sniff . ’
4 ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman .
5 You know it 's like , you sometimes you can go a whole game like seventy minutes of a game and no-one 's had a goal scoring chance
6 Can you imagine poor old Tony and me conspiring to deflect the course of justice ? …
7 To my brother and me had fallen the task of disentangling our parents ' possessions from the original contents of the house .
8 I 'm happy where I am and I get called every couple of weeks which suits me . ’
9 Er , gi I 've done that you know , when I were younger and I 'd strained a heart muscle !
10 And I 'd seen every bird in Israel but one , the bar-tailed lark .
11 Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training
12 And I 'd written the postcard on boat er they gave us all postcards to send home .
13 We 'd played in St. Albans and I 'd met a girl there , Claire , She was the Social Secretary at the college who 'd booked us in to play .
14 And I 'd scraped the cooker
15 And I 'd left the gates open an oh it was Friday !
16 And I 'd had a car crash and it was quite a relief not to have to worry about performing .
17 I often thought if I 'd been married to Finn and I 'd had a gun handy , I 'd 've widowed myself more than once . ’
18 And I 'd got no clothes to change into !
19 and I 'd got a bit of an headache , well I took two tablets and it had gone before Steve come in and er I had me tea and I w I went like that and I thought God almighty !
20 And I 'd got a board with all the numbers on and hooks you see ?
21 I was out of the house faster than a rat up a drainpipe and I 'd slammed the door shut before Nigger banged into the back of it .
22 And I dress to suit the kind of life I lead .
23 His sportsmanship and style of play is refreshing , and I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future .
24 There are volumes of evidence to substantiate what my hon. Friend has said , and I hope to give the House some examples .
25 What I would hope that we could achieve in this country is more through erm opportunities for disabled people , greater opportunities for disabled people to gain access into work and as my honourable friend knows , we have put forward some proposals we 're presently considering the position following the representations that have been made to us after the er new access to work scheme was announced and I hope to make an announcement on that aspect shortly .
26 Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again .
27 And I remember hearing a story , er erm it was just they 'd got an old farmer he had a field of hay , just ready to cart and just as they were getting the horses , it came down to rain and they were all sheltering in the barn , and the said , More rain , more rest .
28 ‘ It was a fantastic experience , and I remember taking a photograph of Harold Abrahams at the start of the 100 metres race that he won .
29 We were told to take food and water on a train going down to Mandalay and I remember taking the Mothers ' Union tea urn !
30 ‘ The Liver Birds had just started on television , ’ recalled Allen , ‘ and I remember reading a bit in the paper saying there were very few situation comedies written for women , with women in the lead roles .
  Next page